06-04-2002
Re: Changing directory on Unix
Hi,
As far as i my knowledge goes if a directory does not have a execute permission you cannot do d cd to that directory
e.g dir A has permissions 744
and anyone other than the owner tries to do 'cd A' will get a error saying permission denied
as per iat00's reply i think you need not set the permissions to 700 , coz the cd command checks only for the execute permission as far as a directory file is concerned
i hope i m very clear
rgds
penguin
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CHMOD(1) General Commands Manual CHMOD(1)
NAME
chmod - change mode
SYNOPSIS
chmod mode file ...
DESCRIPTION
The mode of each named file is changed according to mode, which may be an octal number or a symbolic change to the existing mode. A mode
is an octal number constructed from the OR of the following modes.
0400 read by owner
0200 write by owner
0100 execute (search in directory) by owner
0070 read, write, execute (search) by group
0007 read, write, execute (search) by others
A symbolic mode has the form:
[who] op permission
The who part is a combination of the letters u (for user's permissions), g (group) and o (other). The letter a stands for ugo. If who is
omitted, the default is a.
Op can be + to add permission to the file's mode, - to take away permission, and = to assign permission absolutely (all other bits will be
reset).
Permission is any combination of the letters r (read), w (write), x (execute), a (append only), and l (exclusive access).
Only the owner of a file or the group leader of its group may change the file's mode.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/chmod.c
SEE ALSO
ls(1), stat(2), stat(5)
CHMOD(1)